Kauno str. 30A-1
Vilnius
Lithuania
- Arts
- Environment/Sustainable development
- Media
- Youth and education
Mission:
To raise cultural life in Lithuania and internationally by encouraging alternative pop music, electro/base, jazz music bands, audiovisual artists, especially youngsters, and to educate society about significance of creative and cultural industries.
Main objectives:
To find and promote next best thing in alternative pop, electro, base, jazz music, as well as in audiovisual arts.
To educate communitys and societys taste for music and arts by giving a high quality product and servise localy and internationally.
To promote creative industries and to raise local and international collaboration in this field.
Main annual projects:
“Loftas Fest” (since 2012) - the only urban festival in Lithuania, which connects art, music, workshops, exhibitions and a lot of creative people. Attendance – over 6000 unique visitors.
“What’s next?” (since 2013) - a unique international two-days conference of creative industries where culture, technologies and business meet in one event.
Concerts - up to 40 individual concerts anually.Kelis , Xzibit, Hot Chip, Nicolas Jaar, Ellie Goulding , The Editors, Moderat, Jazzanova, Crystal Fighters and many others already performed on LOFTAS stage.
Summer terrace – a place for live and electronic music performances, day activities, movies, workshops, games, kids zone. Embodied LOFTAS vision of fulfilled urban lifestyle.
Christmas factory LOFTAS - Cristmas market with a unique concept - Last Minute Market, involving christmas Tree Town, Pop-up cafe, creative workshops, Kids zone and live music concerts.
Young bands competition (since 2014) - a project, focused on fresh music incommers in purpose of pushing young peoples musical careers.
Professionals from music industry evaluate, consult and teach young musicians basics of self marketing, public relations, positioning in market.
Insanitus - a closed spase festival of light, sound and interdisciplinary arts.
Arts factory LOFTAS is skilled and experienced to be a No 1 advisor in contemporary alternative pop music of not only Baltic countries, but eastern European countries and Russia. It could be a know how to share with colleagues from more distant areas, such as Mediteranian countries. LOFTAS is open to consult as well as to take part in network activities organisation processes.
Arts factory LOFTAS is an open organisation which values international collaboration. This year the organization is activelly looking for international contacts for partnership development. In 2015 it is a strong objective to increase international connections and develop international partnerships. Therefore international network would do a favour to reach potential partners and future stakeholders as well as to be seen as open for international collaboration.